BIKE MESSENGER WAS KILLED IN BOSTON
 

Boston Globe, December 12, 1987
 

A 64-year-old Lexington man was arraigned yesterday in Boston MunicipalCourt in connection with the hit-and-run death of a bicycle messenger Thursdayat an intersection behind City Hall.

Boston Police spokeswoman Jane Sheehan identified the driver of the5-ton truck involved in the accident as Patrick F. McCauley. He was arrestedyesterday morning. Sheehan said McCauley told police he was not aware thathe had struck anyone.

McCauley was charged with motor vehicle homicide and leaving the sceneof an accident. His case was continued to Feb. 1 and he was released afterposting $500 cash bail.

Sheehan said McCauley was traced by a registration plate number givento police by one of several witnesses to the accident at the intersectionof New Congress and North streets.

Katherine Childs, 25, whose family lives in New Hartford, Conn., wasa part-time messenger for Quicksilver Messenger Sevice Inc. in Boston forabout a month.

She was pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital from headand chest injuries.

Childs was waiting for a light to change when she was struck by a truck,which sped away dragging her bicycle. The force of the impact knocked Childsseveral feet into the air before she landed on the pavement.

Police discovered Child's mangled bicycle on the northbound lanes ofthe Central Artery.

A memorial service for Childs was to be held today at 4 p.m. in St.John's Church in New Hartford, Conn.